NUMBERS

ENGLISH APPLICATION
Week 1

MAIN UNITS OF NUMBERS

1 = one
10 = ten
100 = hundred
1000 = thousand
1000000 = million
1000000000 = billion

TYPE OF NUMBERS
CARDINAL NUMBERS: normal number
ORDINAL NUMBERS: use to define a
thing's position in a series

CARDINAL NUMBER

ORDINAL NUMBER

0 zero, nought
1 one

1st first

2 two

2nd second

3 three

3rd third

4 four

4th fourth

5 five

5th fifth

6 six

6th sixth

7 seven

7th seventh

8 eight

8th eighth

9 nine

9th ninth

10 ten

10th tenth

11 eleven

11th eleventh

12 twelve

12th twelfth

13 thirteen

13th thirteenth

14 fourteen

14th fourteenth

15 fifteen

15th fifteenth

16 sixteen

16th sixteenth

17 seventeen

17th seventeenth

18 eighteen

18th eighteenth

19 nineteen

19th nineteenth

20 twenty

20th twentieth

21 twenty-one

21st twenty-first

22 twenty-two

22nd twenty-second

23 twenty-three

23rd twenty-third

24 twenty-four

24th twenty-fourth

30 thirty

30th thirtieth

31 thirty-one

31st thirty-first

40 forty

40th fortieth

50 fifty

50th fiftieth

60 sixty

60th sixtieth

70 seventy

70th seventieth

80 eighty

80th eightieth

90 ninety

90th ninetieth

100 hundred

100th hundredth

101 hundred and

one

101st hundred and

first

152 hundred and

fifty-two

152nd hundred and

fifty-second

200 two hundred

200th two hundredth

1,000 thousand
1,000,000 million
1,000,000,000 billion

1,000th thousandth
1,000,000th millionth
1,000,000,000th billionth

For numbers in the hundreds, the British

usually say "and" but the Americans
usually do not say "and":
British English
120 = one hundred and twenty
American English
120 = one hundred twenty

Note that in English, we usually separate

the digits of numbers over 999 with a
comma (,). We count 3 digits from the right
and insert a comma, like this:

<- - - <- - 1 , 0 0 0 one thousand

1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 one million
1 2 , 7 5 0 , 2 0 0 twelve million, seven hundred and fifty thousand, two hundred

Notice that hundred, thousand, etc. is NOT

followed by an s.
Two hundred, NOT two hundreds

We use a point (.) to indicate a decimal number,

or to separate dollars from cents, pounds from
pennies and so on. Here are some examples:

0.1 = one tenth or 1/10

1.0 = one
1,000 = one thousand
1,500.75 = one thousand five hundred and three
quarters
$1.50 = one dollar and fifty cents
$700.00 = seven hundred dollars
3,500.01 = three thousand five hundred pounds
and one penny

Be careful with commas and points. Some

languages use them in the opposite way!

Decimals: Read decimals as the given

number point XYZ
Ex: 2.36 = two point three six

Percentage: Read percentages as the number

followed by percent
37% = thirty-seven percent

Fraction: Read the top number as a cardinal

number, followed by the ordinal number + s
3/8 = three eights
NOTE: = one quarter, 2/3 = two thirds, =
one half

PRESENTATION
A room has three spatial dimensions: length,
height and width. These three dimensions
are measured in millimeters or meters. The
volume of a room equals length times width.
Volume is measured in cubic meters (m3).
The area of a surface in the room is
measured in square meters (m2).

What is the internal area of the westfacing wall?

The internal area of the west-facing wall IS 12
square meters.
The west-facing wall HAS an internal area of 12
square meters.

Estimate the internal measurements of your

classroom and make a table like this:
NAME

DIMENSION

QUANTITY UNIT

Classroom

Width
Length
Height
Volume
Area
Area

Window
Door
Etc.

Meter
Meter
Meter
Cubic meters
Square meters
Square meters

From your table, make sentences like the following:

The classroom has a width of approximately ... meters
The classroom is approximately meters wide

COMMON MEASUREMENTS IN
ARCHITECTURE
UNIT SYMBOL
lm
lux
C
Kg
J
S
Kg/m3
N/mm2
dB
A

SI UNIT
Lumen
Lux (lumen/m2)
Degree Celcius
Kilogram/kilogram
Joule
Second
Kilogram per cubic meter
Newton per square
millimeter
Decibel
Ampere

HOMEWORK
Estimate

the internal measurements

of your bedroom and some of the
things (minimum 3 things) in it that
can be measured. Describe what
they are and what units they are
measured in.
Write numbers in the text.
Deadline: TUESDAY, 3 PM